An artistwent to a beautiful place of the country for a holiday, and stayed with a farmer. Every day he went out and painted from morning to evening. When it got dark, he came back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed.
At the end of his holiday he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said, “No, I don’t want money but give me one of your pictures. What is money? In a week it will all be finished, but your painting will be here.”
The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind words. The farmer smiled and said, “I have a son in London. He wants to become an artist. When he comes here next month, I will show him your picture, and then he will not want to be an artist any more, I believe.”
The artist liked to ___________ near a nice place.

A．sing songs	B．dance
C．paint pictures	D．write something

He liked painting ____________.

A．in a house

B．in the open air

C．because he would do well in painting

D．with the most important artist

The farmer thought that the artist ____________.

A．was not good at painting

B．was really a great man

C．did well in painting

D．was the most important artist

The farmer’s son wanted to __________ some day.

A．be an artist	B．become a popular singer
C．write twenty novels	D．dance around the world

The farmer ____________.

A．was a foolish man

B．didn’t want his son to be a painter

C．liked the artist’s picture very much

D．couldn’t pay for his son about his paintings